Two european men in that incident were gay, but this information was suppressed for fear the Muslims would kill them for being gay. And of course there was abuse of the women.

ABS-CBN will come out with a big TV palabas no matter what happens to Ces Drilon. She lives? There will be a big TV special. She is killed? There will be a big TV special. She joins the Abu Sayyaf? There will be a.....

-=-=-=-"Ces, Jimmy, and Angelo are finally all free," ABS-CBN said in a statement.
"We are thankful our prayers have been answered and our efforts rewarded."

"Above all, the release of Ces, Jimmy, and Angelo could not have been possible
without the cooperation of the people of Sulu and their local government.
We thank them and share their hope for enduring peace in Mindanao," the statement added.

Razon meanwhile said he had no idea Senator Loren Legarda was part of the negotiations.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer also learned that Legarda had been involved in the negotiations
for the last five days at the request of Drilon&#8217;s family and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.,
where Legarda was a broadcaster for many years before running for the Senate.

The Inquirer learned that Legarda secured the captives&#8217; release without conditions or
payment of ransom but on &#8220;purely humanitarian grounds.&#8221;

No military or police elements were present in the release operations.
Legarda said the refusal of the victims' families to pay ransom, and an imminent military
operation, were the breakthrough that led to the release.

"Nung malaman nilang wala silang makukuha [When they realized they won't be getting anything],
they were pushed against the wall. Wala na silang mapuntahan [They had nowhere to run],"
Legarda said. "The military operations in the past few days helped," she said.
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So, 'yung reported 2 Million, earlier forked over
....was "nothing"?

anyway, like ante said....
watch out for the deluge of ABS-CBN exclusives/specials.
I wonder how much ABS CBN will make from advertisers
for those programs?

"Nung malaman nilang wala silang makukuha [When they realized they won't be getting anything],
they were pushed against the wall. Wala na silang mapuntahan [They had nowhere to run],"
Legarda said. "The military operations in the past few days helped," she said.[/I]
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This is not in the character of Abu Sayyaf. The Abu Sayyaf has everywhere to run to. And when they are pushed against the wall, they always push back. If this is true that they secured the release of Ces et al without money involved, then I highly doubt it's the Abu Sayyaf that kidnapped Ces and her party. More likely, some hired hands by the government to teach Ces a lesson.

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